Mainstreaming microbes across biomes

Laurence J. Clarke^*, Penelope J. Jones, Hans Ammitzboll, Leon A. Barmuta, Martin F. Breed, Anthony Chariton, Michael Charleston, Vongai Dakwa, Fera Dewi, Rajaraman Eri, Nicholas M. Fountain-Jones, Jules Freeman, Dave Kendal, Rebecca McDougal, Eric J. Raes, Swan Li San Sow, Timothy Staples, Brodie Sutcliffe, Ravichandra Vemuri, Laura S. WeyrichEmily J. Flies

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	589-596
Number of pages	8
Journal	BioScience
Volume	70
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa057
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020

Keywords

Aquatic ecosystems
Environmental science
Human ecology
Microbiology
Soil science

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Clarke, L. J., Jones, P. J., Ammitzboll, H., Barmuta, L. A., Breed, M. F., Chariton, A., Charleston, M., Dakwa, V., Dewi, F., Eri, R., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Freeman, J., Kendal, D., McDougal, R., Raes, E. J., San Sow, S. L., Staples, T., Sutcliffe, B., Vemuri, R., ... Flies, E. J. (2020). Mainstreaming microbes across biomes. BioScience, 70(7), 589-596. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa057

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Clarke, LJ, Jones, PJ, Ammitzboll, H, Barmuta, LA, Breed, MF, Chariton, A, Charleston, M, Dakwa, V, Dewi, F, Eri, R, Fountain-Jones, NM, Freeman, J, Kendal, D, McDougal, R, Raes, EJ, San Sow, SL, Staples, T, Sutcliffe, B, Vemuri, R, Weyrich, LS & Flies, EJ 2020, 'Mainstreaming microbes across biomes', BioScience, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 589-596. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa057

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Mainstreaming microbes across biomes

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